Show kwa THE DEI REY 1 they art are still Discuss laX a for tho 11 I 1 I 1 cutting of bites L b special Sp ectal A I P F chronic f CUI CAio ocl IS 15 only six bers were present at to days meeting ot of the interstate commerce railway association those answering the roll call were president cable ol 01 the wo hock rock island island judge springer ot of the atchison vice president hosarot llo arof the wabash vice rice president oi of the st paul general manager methi of the burlington anti president ivanof icca ot the burlington cedar Us p ids and northern no bu a ine an could bo be settled with euch such a email small representation and tho the time ww was gir 7 en on up to a discue blon ot of the situa situation tiou the consensus of opinion oa was tha that if raiq rat a were properly maintained bained every western roa road 6 should uld be making m money oney tho the unanimity with W which litch e each C delaber member indulged in glittering terin g ge n er attles on the present cutting of rates was a feature of the meeting no specific charges were made but betit it was estimated that cat cut rates now reduce the total gross earnings by 30 cent the subject of 0 associations a oc lations was at length and all agreed that the present cr crying 71 need was one large association in the weal west with an agreement providing din alveo penalties n a ties for or any extrac ti tion jay G goulda ids idea of an association providing for final arbitration was n aa favored but it was considered doubtful doubt lu baless lines with but two or three termini like the alton could be induced to join it waa was finally decided that ono one last effort to organize all ilia 1119 adso associations into one should ba be made the time was c considered specially fitting as the tra trans ns missouri association nod and the vv western and northwestern divisions of the western freight association aro are without chairmen only chairmen walker and midgley would thus have to be considered in the organization and there would bo abundance abando abanda n c a of 0 r room aa in for both it was Te remarked marked as A atu btu bling block however that diat western roada roads were moving rapidly toward consolidation into a large or as links in transcontinental lines it was definitely stated that neither th the e northwestern nor union pacific cared after their agreement to go into any association and that the union would extend its line from frisco utah to san Frencie Fr encisco co within eighteen months it was aleo also broadly hinted that the atchison Atchi sou with its new p purchases ur chases and its connections with the and the st paul with the pacific short line when it is completed wore petting betting i independent ot of the outlook 0 ok was not promising but it was agreed to call a of the presidents of all western roade raids for or friday in to thoroughly discuss the matter |